Joseph jeffebson stephens



(mmm) J. J. STEPEENS.

SADDLE BAGS;

No. 321,152. Patented June 30, 1885.

ATTORNEYS.

nUnitarier) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JEFFERSON STEPHENS, OF COALESBURG, MISSOURI.

SADDLE-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION orming part of Letters Patent No. 321,152, dated June 30, 1885.

Application filed April 2l, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH JEFFERSON STEPHENS, of Coalesburg, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddle-Bags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to promote safety and convenience in carrying medicines and physicians instruments and apparatus in saddle-bags.

The invention consists in asaddle-bag made with a body portion open at the top, and having a low front wall, and'provided with an upper tray, which is hung to the body by links, allowing the tray to be swung outward in front of the low front wall of the body for access both to the body compartment of the bag and tothe tray, and with a flap-cover hinged so as to swing over the top and front of the tray and fasten to the low front wall of the body.

The invention consists also in a construction of opposite saddle-bags with a connectingstrap which is extended to form'the Hap-covers to both the bags, and in otherfeatures of construction and combinations of parts of the saddle-bags, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referenceis to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved saddle-bags with the cover-ap of one of the bags thrown upward and the upper tray or case swung forward, and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional elevation of the same and with the lower vials in place.

The letters A A indicate the saddle-bags, which are connected to each other bya strap, B, which is riveted at b to the back leather covering of the bags, and is extended opposite ways to form the iiap-covers C O,which have apertures c c near their extremities to pass over the heads of any suitable catches or buttons, D D, fixed to the low front walls, E E,of the bag-bodies.

At F is shown a strap which is riveted to the strap B,and may be buckled over the horn of the saddle, or be used to suspend the bags by when they are out of use.

As shown clearly in the drawings, I make (No model.)

the main portions or bodies of the saddle-bags the outer bottom leather facing, a', is bent 6o around the bottom up to the top of the front E of the bag the leather facing will be double thick at the bottom of the bag, where it receives the most wear. The leather facing is secured to the sheet-1netal case of the saddlebag body by rivets e at suitable places. The tops of the saddle-bag bodies are open,as also are their fronts for about half-way down, to

give room for the upper tray or case, H, of each bag to be swung downward and outward on the links h h, which are riveted loosely at one end, ath', tothe ends of the tray, at the upn per rear corners of the tray, and at the other ends,at h2, about at the center of the ends or sides of the body, so that when the tray is swung into the body the links h 7L will support the tray clear of the vials I, held in the bottom part of the bag, and when the flapcover C is brought down it will close the open top of the tray H, and lap over the front of the tray and down upon the front E of the body of the bag, to hold the tray snuglyto place when the button D is turned to fasten the cover.

I make the trays H preferably of an inner sheet-metal box or case covered by a leather outside facing,which is riveted to the box, as at e, and has fixed to it a iiap, J, which may be taken hold of for swinging the tray out of and into the body of the saddle bag.

It is evident that by cutting away or providing no front to the upper part of the saddle-bag body, and hanging the tray H to it in the manner above described,the tray may very easily be swung outward to give free access to the vials I, and also to the contents of the tray at the same time; and the support of the tray by the links h h so it does not come in contact with the vials when swung above them is another desirable feature in the construction of the saddle-bags.

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I separate the vials I by longitudinal and i and which protect the vialsfrom beingbroken by jarring against each other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A saddle-bag lmande with a body portion open at the top, and having a 10W front Wall, E, in combination with atray, H, hung to thebody by links h h, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A saddle-bagY made with a body portion open at the top, and with a. low front wall, E, a tray, H, hung to the body by links h h, a ap, C, hinged at the upper rear corner of the body, and adapted to cover the top and front of the tray, and the fastening D on wall E, substantially as herein set forth.

3. Saddle-bags consisting of opposite body portions A A,open at the top, and having low front Walls, E E, and provided with trays H H,hun g by links h h, as described, and a strap, B, connected to the upper back corners of the bodies A A, and extended opposite Ways to form the aps C C, adapted to cover the tops and fronts of the trays, and to fasten to the Walls E, substantially as herein set forth.

JOSEPH JEFFERSON STEPHENS.

Witnesses:

W. J. ELLIsToN, J. A. QUARLEs. 

